2010 - 76th Award
Cam Newton
Auburn University
At 6-foot 6-inches and 250 pounds, Cam Newton becomes the third Auburn Tiger to receive the Heisman Trophy, joining Pat Sullivan ’71 and Vincent “Bo” Jackson ’85. Newton this season completed 185 of 280 passes for 2,854 yards and 30 touchdowns while throwing only 7 interceptions. He also accumulated 1,473 yards and an additional 20 touchdowns on 264 rush attempts and caught 2 passes for 42 yards and a touchdown. His passing and rushing touchdown totals set an Auburn University record and make him only the second player to tally 20 or more passing and rushing touchdowns in the same season.
Total Votes
Player |
School |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
Total Points |
| 1. Cam Newton | Auburn | 729 | 24 | 28 | 2,263 |
| 2. Andrew Luck | Stanford | 78 | 309 | 227 | 1,079 |
| 3. LaMichael James | Oregon | 22 | 313 | 224 | 916 |
| 4. Kellen Moore | Boise State | 40 | 165 | 185 | 635 |
| 5. Justin Blackmon | Oklahoma State | 1 | 23 | 56 | 105 |
| 6. Denard Robinson | Michigan | 6 | 16 | 34 | 84 |
| 7. Ryan Mallett | Arkansas | 0 | 11 | 19 | 41 |
| 8. Colin Kaepernick | Nevada | 0 | 7 | 17 | 31 |
| 9. Andy Dalton | TCU | 4 | 3 | 12 | 30 |
| 10. Owen Marecic | Stanford | 3 | 1 | 5 | 16 |
The number of points by region and position within each are as follows for the top five candidates:
Name | Northeast | Mid-Atlantic | South | Southwest | Midwest | Far West | ||||||
| Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | Pts. | Pos. | |
| 1. Cam Newton | 379 | 1 | 379 | 1 | 418 | 1 | 384 | 1 | 356 | 1 | 347 | 1 |
| 2. Andrew Luck | 168 | 2 | 187 | 2 | 158 | 2 | 176 | 2 | 192 | 2 | 198 | 2 |
| 3. LaMichael James | 162 | 3 | 143 | 3 | 152 | 3 | 158 | 3 | 145 | 3 | 156 | 3 |
| 4. Kellen Moore | 113 | 4 | 108 | 4 | 81 | 4 | 103 | 4 | 95 | 4 | 135 | 4 |
